Learning Area B2 (EDUC90844)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
| Availability | January |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject builds on EDUC90596 Learning Area A1 and EDUC90597 Learning Area B1 by further developing participants’ capacity to extend their repertoire of general subject specific practices and teaching resources and deepen their understanding of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment of their specific teaching areas. This subject focuses on participants’ understanding of differentiation as a tool to cater for diverse learners and to promote student engagement. Participants build their capacity to assess and provide feedback on student learning using a variety of tools. They are encouraged to reflect on and refine their practice and identify strategies that are designed to improve learning outcomes.
Participants will be supported to focus on the class as a whole and provide differentiated or structured teaching and learning opportunities for all students.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, participants should be able to:
- Demonstrate an enhanced ability to use curriculum and assessment knowledge to establish challenging learning goals and to select and organise content into effective teaching and learning sequences
- Understand and comply with relevant legislative, administrative and organizational policies and processes required for teachers according to school stage
- Demonstrate an enhanced ability to select, develop and use a range of teaching strategies and tools including ICT that engage learners and progress learning
- Demonstrate a capacity to use a variety of assessment strategies to collect evidence of student needs and learning and to use assessment data to plan for future learning
- Reflect critically on their own learning, teaching and assessment practices within their learning area and identify implications for their own professional growth as teachers of their Learning Area.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, participants will have the knowledge, skills and understanding to enable them to:
- be skilled communicators who can effectively articulate and justify their practices as knowledgeable agents of change;
- be flexible and able to adapt to change through knowing how to learn;
- understand the significance of developing their practice on the basis of research evidence;
- work in teams with skills in cooperation, communication and negotiation;
- be independent of mind, reasonable, resilient, self-regulating;
- have a conscious personal and social values base.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC90596 | Learning Area A1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC90597 | Learning Area B1 | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Assessment
Additional details
Report on Assessment Strategy (2000 Words) due June 50%
An Inquiry into an issue of significance within your Learning Area (2000 Words) due October 50%
Hurdle Requirement
Participation in six online tasks (3 hours each) January to November
This subject has a hurdle requirement of a minimum of 80% attendance at all scheduled lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops.
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Dates & times
- January
Principal coordinator Timothy Bush Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 8 January 2018 to 12 November 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 16 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 July 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018 January contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 10 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
Last updated: 10 February 2024